Business & Professional Development

CBIZ partners with regional business and industry leaders to develop a vital economic future.

Business Bookkeeping Certificate is designed for those who want to become a bookkeeper or for small business owners who would like to understand bookkeeping better.  Increase your skills in payroll, QuickBooks®, Excel and tax knowledge to enable you to perform bookkeeping accurately and efficiently.

Social Media Certificate will take you through a series of classes that will not only take your business to the next level, but will help you build skills to navigate social media to gain a competitive edge.  You will understand the functions of different platforms and how to use them together.

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Business Management

Accounting Basic Concepts
Designed for the non-accountant bookkeeper, office manager or owner of a business. Learn basic accounting terms including revenues, expenses, assets, and liabilities. Learn to build and read the income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows. Become familiar with accounting debits and credits as you learn how to record transactions in this hands-on course. This course is approved for the Business Bookkeeping Certificate.

Bookkeeping Certificate Final Project 1: Accounting Basics
The Final Project 1 will evaluate your understanding and and ability to utilize the concepts learned in the Bookkeeping Certificate courses. This portion of the final project will focus on completing a monthly accounting cycle for a provided business operation. Prerequisites for this final project include successfully completing all Bookkeeping Certificate courses, including attendance requirements. This course is approved for the Bookkeeping Certification.

Payroll Accounting
It's a fact of business—if a company has employees, it has to account for payroll, fringe benefits, and payroll taxes. This comprehensive course will guide you through processing a new employee, calculating payroll and payroll taxes, payroll tax reporting, and periodic and year end payroll reporting to the government. This course is approved for the Business Bookkeeping Certificate.

Bookkeeping Certificate Final Project 2: Payroll Accounting
The Final Project 2 will evaluate your understanding and and ability to utilize the concepts learned in the Bookkeeping Certificate courses. This portion of the final project will focus on completing a monthly payroll cycle and year-end reporting for a provided business operation. Prerequisites for this final project include successfully completing all Bookkeeping Certificate courses, including attendance requirements. This course is approved for the Bookkeeping Certification.

Business Record Keeping
While not the most exciting or creative aspect of running a business, record keeping is nevertheless a critical part of business operations. In this course you will learn the importance of record keeping, what records to keep and how long, bookkeeping, payroll, customer service, safety, and inventory records, and ideas on software to help with record keeping. Materials included.

QuickBooks Online® - Software Comprehensive
If you subscribe to QuickBooks Online®, this hands-on training seminar is for you! Learn how to set up a company, customer and vendor files, and chart of accounts. Learn how to manage money coming in and money going out including sales, invoicing, paying bills, and tracking expenses. You’ll learn how to reconcile accounts, use inventory and payroll, and use reports to understand your business, including profitability and sales trends. Bring your questions. Book, materials and light lunch included. Basic computer knowledge is required.

QuickBooks Pro® Desktop Level I
If you are a new user of QuickBooks Pro® Desktop, this hands-on training seminar is for you! Learn how to set up a company, customer and vendor files, and chart of accounts. Learn how to manage money coming in and money going out including sales, invoicing, paying bills, and tracking expenses. You’ll also learn how to reconcile accounts and use reports to understand your business, including profitability and sales trends. All materials are included. Basic computer knowledge is required.

New QuickBooks Pro Desktop Level 1 - Review
QuickBooks Pro Desktop Level 1 review. For participants in the Business Bookkeeping Certificate program.

QuickBooks Pro® Desktop Level II
Beyond the basics, in this seminar you will build on the knowledge gained in Level I as you learn to work with physical inventory and sales tax, set up and use QuickBooks® payroll, and deal with the “other” accounts found on the balance sheet, such as current assets and long-term liabilities. Also covered are estimates and time tracking features as well as data maintenance. Finally, you’ll learn how to make journal entries, customize reports, and create custom templates. Materials included.

QuickBooks Pro Desktop Level 2 - Review
QuickBooks Pro Desktop Level 1 project review. For participants in the Business Bookkeeping Certificate program.

Understand Your Business Taxes
Income tax, sales tax, payroll tax, and the list goes on for taxes your business pays. Discussion will center on the various business taxes, forms and ways to file and pay the taxes, and things you can do in your record keeping system to better understand and lessen your tax burden. Participants will receive all materials and are encouraged to bring specific questions.

Smart Start - Starting a New Business
This FREE 2-hour workshop will help you analyze your business idea and cover what you need to know to launch or buy a business. You will learn how important a business plan is and ways to create it, how to conduct market research, prepare for a bank loan, legally organize your business, record keeping and taxes, marketing ideas, and what financing options are available. Registration is required. All materials are provided. Class sponsored by America's SBDC Iowa.

New Employment Law: Keys to Hiring and Firing
This class provides executives and managers with a substantive overview of the key employment laws to consider when hiring and firing personnel, including anecdotes from cases litigated by the instructor and useful tips for compliance and litigation avoidance.

New Retention Tools: The Value of a Stay Interview
Retention Tools: The Value of a Stay Interview based on research by Richard Finnegan, this session will explore different kinds of employee retention tools with focus on the stay interview. Building trusting relationships, asking probing questions, and developing opportunities to have meaningful conversations with employees about what motivates them to stay with your company will be one of the key competitive advantages of being an employer of choice. Discussion and activities will offer tools that all participants can apply immediately on the job.

SHRM Certification Prep
This certification preparation course is designed for individuals preparing for the SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) and SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) exam. The 2017 SHRM Learning System® is included. This 12-week webinar is provided through a partnership with North Iowa Area Community College.

Social Media

Social Media Certificate
This certificate will take you through a series of classes that will not only take your business to the next level, but help you build skills to navigate social media to gain a competitive edge. You will understand the functions of the different platforms and how to use them together. Learn new skills to achieve recognition for your business and to generate free leads. Classes include: Basics of Social Media for Business, Visual Media in Marketing, Pimp my Profile: LinkedIn for Professionals, Email Marketing, Blogging for Business, Facebook Advertising: Big Ideas for Small Business, Tagging for Business Optimization, and Social Media Final Project. This special price covers the cost for classes between Sep - Dec 2017 and does not include any additional make-up classes or projects.

Basics of Social Media for Business
Learn to use Social Media FREE marketing. Understand the different platforms and how to use them, such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, eBay, YouTube and much more. Understand the top five things that make social media different than traditional marketing. Work through the top five difficult questions when using social media marketing. This course is approved for the Social Media Certificate.

Facebook Advertising: Big Ideas for Small Business
Still think Facebook is a fad? Advertisers of all shapes and sizes are finding ways to leverage the social media giant’s 1.7 billion users. You know you don’t need to reach everyone on Facebook, but engaging even a teeny-tiny fraction of users who live in your corner of the world could do a lot for your business. Learn how to use Facebook’s advertising tools to reach, engage and motivate your customers. Also learn tips on what to say, how to say it, and when. This course is approved for the Social Media Certificate.

Blogging for Business
As marketing grows increasingly informal and conversational with customers, blogs are becoming one of the most important social media tools for business. Learn about successful blogging practices as demonstrated by mega corporations, mid-sized companies, and small Mom & Pop establishments. Discover and build your audience with creative tactics, quality content and analytics. Share your business plan and service options through the engaging and relatable voice of your own perspective. This course is approved for the Social Media Certificate.

Email Marketing in a Candy Crush World
Wish there was a way to magically deliver a message straight to the hands of your customers? There is: email! Learn how to start your own email marketing program. Learn how to use automated tools, get ideas for content, understand when to schedule, see how to grow your list, drive customers to your website, measure your efforts, and more. This course is approved for the Social Media Certificate.

Tagging for Business Optimization
Harness the power of the hashtag to enable your customers (and future customers) to search and discover your business content on social media. Learn about metadata marketing and how to word weight tag subjects, events, people and geolocations to piggyback on their momentum and connect your business with trending topics. This course is approved for the Social Media Certificate.

Visual Media In Social Media Marketing
While traditional marketing techniques tell your story to customers, visual media marketing shows your story and lets them see first-hand what you have to offer. Learn how to utilize innovative approaches to sharing your company’s content through various formats, such as video loops, live streaming, images and text, on multiple social networks for better customer engagement. Develop a visual media marketing strategy to captivate your audience, capitalize on visual media trends, and take your brand narrative to the next level. This course is approved for the Social Media Certificate.

Pimp My Profile: LinkedIn for Professionals
You know you should be using LinkedIn for networking, but it’s all a mystery: connections, profiles, endorsements, groups. Where do you start? Your LinkedIn profile is your business card, your resume, your soapbox, and your rolodex – all in one. Learn how to pimp your profile and get noticed. Then see how you can leverage LinkedIn’s other features to grow your network and build influence. This course is approved for the Social Media Certificate.

Social Media Certificate Final Project
Attending all Social Media Certificate classes is strongly recommended before taking the final project and will no be considered complete until all parts of the Final Project Guidliness are met. The Final Project consists of two parts: first, meeting the attendance requirement for the Social Media certificate classes: Basics of Social Media for Business, Blogging for Business, Facebook Advertising: Big Ideas for Small Business, Pimp my Profile: LinkedIn for Professionals, Twitter Tagging for Business Optimization, and Visual Media in Social Media Marketing, and second, presentation of the final Social Media Marketing Plan which meets the provided guidelines. This course is approved for the Social Media Certificate.

Google Analytics
How do you know if your website is effective and driving the business that you want? Managing your web presence be it via website, mobile applications, or any combination is key for your success. Through hands-on activities you will discover how to set up and use Google Analytics and standard Google Analytics reports. You will create a Google Analytics account, tag website with a Google Analytics tracking code, understand collecting and analyzing data, and much more.

Athletic Coaching

Coaching Authorization Certificate
This course is designed to enable you to meet the state requirements for coaching, ethics, care and prevention of athletic injuries, anatomy, and growth and development. Upon completion students qualify to make application to the IA Board of Education Examiners for Coaching Authorization. **This class also includes the NEW mandatory CPR/First Aid training.** This course meets the coursework and CPR requirement for the state's coaching authorization application. Students must purchase these books: Successful Coaching, - 4th Edition and Sport First Aid - 5th Edition.

Coaching Ethics
This course is designed to enable you to meet the state requirements for coaching ethics re-certification. This is an independent study program.

Theory of Coaching
This online self-paced class enhances your understanding of techniques and theory of coaching interscholastic athletics. This class will take about 10 hours to complete and meets all requirements for the State of Iowa Coaching Authorization required core subject matter. Students must purchase their own Successful Coaching, 4th Edition book.

Cosmetology Re-Licensure

Cosmetology
Roll out the Red Carpet for these trending updos! This 4 hour technical class will have you inspired to turn your ordinary looks into fabulous formal dos! Your clients will leave feeling inspired and new with all the new tricks you can do! In the afternoon, you will have fun learning new rules and laws as you participate in game shows! This 2 hour format fulfills the new Iowa Law requirement and you will discover new laws and ways t o keep up on sanitation.

Roll Out the Red Carpet with Sensational Styling
Roll out the Red Carpet for these trending updos! This 4 hour technical class will have you inspired to turn your ordinary looks into fabulous formal dos! Your clients will leave feeling inspired and new with all the new tricks you can do!

Cosmetology - Iowa Law and Sanitation (2 Hours)
Law & Sanitation 2 hour segment: Have fun learning new rules and laws as you participate in game shows! This 2 hours of fun and entertainment will make your required hours go fast yet educational!

Leadership

Behavioral Interviewing
Hiring the right person for the right job requires behavioral, objective, and fact-based criteria to be part of your hiring process. You will learn how to construct a thorough list of job requirements and how to ask questions to reveal past experiences and interpret behavior. Finally, you will learn the importance of prompt and fair follow-up in order to build a successful team. This course is approved for the Effective Management Certificate.

Effective Performance Appraisals
Learn to write measurable performance expectations and evaluate non-tangibles such as attitude and communication skills. Learn to evaluate employee's current performance and write performance objectives they can follow to meet expectations. Covers when employees do not meet expectations and disciplinary action that must be taken. Also covers progressive discipline, including written performance plans. This course is approved for the Effective Management Certificate.

Problem Solving for Teams
Explore strategies and skills to define the problem, foster creative solutions, identify participant qualifications for a given problem and select problem-solving techniques. (Elective CLO) This course is approved for the Effective Manangement Certificate.

Introduction to Project Management
Increase your awareness of key project management behaviors. Participants will define a project, identify critical components for project management at each stage, and develop a personal action plan for applying project management skills. This course is approved for the Effective Management Certificate.

Leading Change in the Workplace
When faced with change, you have one of three choices…lead, follow or get out of the way. Choose to lead! This course will help managers deal with change in the workplace – both personally and as a leader of their team. Topics include understanding both positive and negative effects of change, learning personal response to change, helping to lead employees through change, seeing change as an opportunity, and communication during change. This course is approved for the Effective Management Certificate.

Emotional Intelligence
Our emotions play a vital role in our work and personal lives. Channeling emotions, either positively or negatively, can make or break professional relationships. Gain insight into how to use our emotions to create positive workplace results. Through discussion we will uncover the right techniques that allow you to set aside emotions that sabotage your own effectiveness. This course is approved for the Effective Management Certificate.

Buddy to Boss
One day, they are your co-workers and buddies – the people you take coffee breaks wand socialize with – now, you’re their boss. Suddenly, you find yourself questioning what you should and shouldn’t say to your former co-workers. Your job is now about them and no longer all about you. The challenge is not only in taking on the demands of a new elevated role and the skills and knowledge required, but also making the emotional and mental transition to that of manager.

Strengthfinder, Discover You
Does your ideal day have high productivity and lots of energy? Understand where your strengths are by doing what comes natural to you. You will also discover ways to maximize your strengths to achieve your dreams. An online assessment must be completed before class, and you must bring to class. Please pick up your book prior to the start of class to receive your access code for the assessment.

Supervision Survival Skills
This training program is designed for new managers and non-managers interested in or identified for promotion. Knowledge gained in this program will enable you to avoid some of the hard lessons that come from on-the-job learning. Applicable in manufacturing, service, and retail organizations, this seminar presents the fundamental leadership and communication skills and techniques required to manage employees effectively. Content of this training covers the first two modules of the Supervision Certificate.

Supervision Certificate
Leader, manager, supervisor, team leader – no matter what your official title, you’re expected to get the job done through others. This course provides new and experienced supervisors with the tools and skills for building personal confidence in their leadership role. You will see the relevance of the training, rapidly acquire the skills, and quickly put them to use on the job. Attend all twelve modules and earn a Certificate in Supervision. Our program is designed for anyone who manages people in manufacturing, retail or service industries.

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